Sofron Dmyterko
O.S.B.M.
The Order of Saint Basil the Great (; , abbreviated OSBM), also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, is a Greek Catholic monastic order of pontifical right that works actively among Ukrainian Catholics and other Greek-Catholic churc ...
(1 June 1917 – 5 November 2008) was a
Ukrainian Bishop
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of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) is a Major archiepiscopal church, major archiepiscopal ''sui iuris'' ("autonomous") Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic church that is based in Ukraine. As a particular church of the Cathol ...
.
Dmyterko was born in
Bychkivtsi,
Ukraine
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, ordained a priest in the Religious
Order of Saint Basil the Great
The Order of Saint Basil the Great (; , abbreviated OSBM), also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, is a Greek Catholic monastic order of pontifical right that works actively among Ukrainian Catholics and other Greek-Catholic churc ...
on 14 May 1942 and ordained a bishop on 30 November 1968. He was confirmed to the
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk
The Archparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk (or Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Ukraine. It was erected in 2011. It is the metropolitan of an eccles ...
on 16 January 1991 and retired on 7 November 1997.
See also
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Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) is a Major archiepiscopal church, major archiepiscopal ''sui iuris'' ("autonomous") Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic church that is based in Ukraine. As a particular church of the Cathol ...
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Catholic-Hierarchy
Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
1917 births
2008 deaths
Clergy from Ternopil Oblast
Ukrainian Austro-Hungarians
Clergy from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk
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